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Eris, the Goddess of Discord, as the only god not invited to the wedding. She got mad and annoyed at this so she threw the "apple of discord" which had "for the fairest" inscribed on it to the wedding. Aphrodite, Athena and Hera all wanted the apple and the "power" it had but Zeus didn't want to choose so he threw it to Earth.
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Paris found the "apple of discord" and picked it up. As he said the words inscribed on the apple the Goddesses Aphrodite, Athena and Hera appeared. The 3 Goddesses made Paris choose who was the fairest or most beautiful. Paris chose Aphrodite since she promised him the most beautiful girl, Helen.
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Paris visits King Menelaus of Sparta. While King Menelaus is in Crete, Paris abducts Helen and brings her to Troy. When King Menelaus realizes Helen is gone, he asks Paris to bring her back but Paris refuses. The Trojan War started because of Helen.
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Helen had a lot of admirers and suitors before she was married to Menelaus. Tyndareus, her father, was afraid to offend her suitors so the Oath of Tyndareus was made. All of the suitors of Helen would fight in battle for the husband if ever it was needed. After Helen was kidnapped by Paris, Menelaus used the Oath of Tyndareus. He got armies to fight for him in order to get Helen back.
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Agamemnon, the brother of Menelaus, had formed the armies to sail to Troy but they had to wait for winds that didn't come. He found out the Artemis had caused it. In order to appease Artemis he had to sacrifice Iphigenia, his daughter. He killed his daughter to appease Artemis which resulted in the winds coming and the Achaeans ventured to Troy.
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10 years into the war, Agamemnon steals Chryseis. She is the daughter of a priest of Apollo. Her father prayed to Apollo to make the Greeks suffer. Soon enough, Apollo sent down plagues to the Greek army. Agamemnon still refused to give back the girl until Achilles starts to get mad. Agamemnon agrees to return Chryseis but only if Achilles gives him Briseis, his chosen girl.
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After giving up Briseis, Achilles refused to fight. He pray to his mother, Thetis, to help the Trojans win the war.
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Zeus whispers a dream to Agamemnon that he should attack now so he could win. Zeus also whispers the same dream to Hector.
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Menelaus challenges Paris to a fight. Paris loses since he isn't good at all but Aphrodite saves him and pulls him away from Menelaus before he got killed.
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Athena gives Diomedes a gift. He will be able to see who is a god in the battlefield. He was already killing so much people and this only helped him. He sees Aphrodite help a soldier so he throws his spear through her wrist. Apollo comes down to catch the soldier Aphrodite let go of. Diomedes tries to hurt Apollo but didn't succeed. Aries comes down and Athena whispers to Diomedes that he should stab Aries and he did just that.
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The gods and goddesses chose who would fight Hector. Once they picked, Hector and Greater Ajax fought until they called it a tie.
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Ajas and Odysseus are sent to talk to Achilles. They need to persuade him to fight so that they could start winning again.
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Patroclus uses Achilles armor to fight and lead the army. He pretended to be Achilles. During all the fighting, Patroclus was killed by Hector. Hector then proceeds to wear Achilles' armor.
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Achilles decides to fight and avenge Patroclus. He lets Hephaestus create his armor.
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After chasing Hector around, Achilles finally kills him. He ties Hector's body to his chariot and parades him around Troy.
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Paris shot Achilles' heel which ended up killing up.
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Odysseus comes up with a plan to build a giant wooden horse. The army would hide in it. The Trojans would think of it as a peace offering.
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Once the Trojans believed the wooden horse was a peace offering, they gladly moved it inside not knowing they just let in an army. Once everyone was asleep, the Greeks came out and fought. They destroyed Troy and finally the Trojan War ended.
